Mwambui’s elder sister, Josephine Hongo, told journalists her brother bought the 50 X 100 piece of land with an unfinished house on it from Tole in 2014.

However, Tole, according to the court order, says the area where the grave was dug was not included in the transaction and remains hers.

“They had to take the matter to court because she sold her the wrong measurements and did not return his money. My brother then approached another seller and bought the rest of the land,” Hongo said.

Friends and relatives of the deceased had come from as far as Kisumu to pay their last respect.

“We had bent over backwards to make this funeral successful. Even the grave was ready. Now we are almost back to square one,” she said.

Police, who were sympathetic to the family, allowed the body, which had been brought home on Friday evening, to stay overnight but asked the family to do whatever it can to return it to the Coast General Hospital mortuary.

“This family is struggling to feed the guests. We had to contribute the little we had to even get a decent transport to this place. We almost failed to get money to transport the body back to the morgue because there is no money,” said Pastor Philip Mgandi of Jesus’ Power Church.